Having wrapped up his second consecutive Trainer’s Championship title at Caymanas Park on Sunday, Anthony Nunes said he has nothing to fear from rivals as he plans how to repeat his success next year. Nunes tallied stakes earnings of $55,090,430 to...
Apprentice jockey Raddesh Roman is now facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines after picking up a shoulder injury at Caymanas Park recently. Roman, 22, is awaiting surgery on his right shoulder after falling from UNION FOUR during exercise after...
Supreme Ventures (SV) has signed a five-year sponsorship deal with Australia-based international betting company BetMakers Technology Group. SV Chairman Gary Peart, who did not disclose the sponsorship figure, made the announcement during a...
Former national Under-20 women’s football team coach Xavier Gilbert said he would be applying for the position of coach of the Under-17 women’s team once it has been advertised by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF). The national Under-17 women’...
Executive Chairman of Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) Gary Peart believes that his company’s combined $25.3 million sponsorship of the Supreme Championship Boxing Day weekend race meets is a clear indication of their commitment to the local racing...
National senior netball team coach Connie Francis says that the inclusion of Malysha Kelly in the Sunshine Girls’ 15-member squad is a boost for the team ahead of their four-Test series against rivals and hosts England next month. The series will...
The island’s high-school athletes will be on show at the Tyser Mills Classics at Calabar High School this morning at 9. The meet, which is in its 15th year, will serve as a qualifier for the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championship...
With a lead of just over $2.4 million and six race days left in the year, trainer Anthony Nunes says the Trainer’s Championship is still a wide-open affair. Nunes, who is aiming for his second straight title, has amassed stakes earnings of $47,560,...
Lorna Gooden, general manager of racing promoters Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL), said her organisation is now finalising the process of securing a $40 million digital tote board for Caymanas Park. This comes almost a...
Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Chairman Solomon Sharpe says sanding work will begin at Caymanas Park shortly. The surface has been blamed in recent times for a number horses breaking down during exercise, or on race days. It has also...
General Secretary of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Dalton Wint is expecting the association to suffer a major financial loss from the Reggae Boyz’s two-match friendly international away to Saudi Arabia last month. The Reggae Boyz lost the...
Jamaica’s number one-ranked tennis player Blaise Bicknell said he is feeling confident of victory ahead of his scheduled participation in next week’s Men’s Pro ITF in the Dominican Republic. Bicknell, who is down to compete in the main draw in...
Horse racing stakeholders said that they are grateful to Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment for the rehabilitation of the roads within the stable areas at Caymanas Park, which was completed last week. Supreme Ventures Property Manager Aldine...
Solomon Sharpe, chairman of Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL), said he is expecting an exciting race when the country’s top two-year-old horses renew their rivalry on Sunday in the 15th staging of the Pick-3 Challenge...
International Netball Federation (INF) President Liz Nicholl says the Test series between Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls and hosts England will form the catalyst for the safe return of international netball in 2021. The INF has been forced to postpone...
President of the Jamaica Boxing Board (JBB), Stephen ‘Bomber’ Jones, said anticipation is high ahead of next year’s National Championships. The three-day event is tentatively set for February and will be used to select Jamaica’s team for the...
With just one goal to his name from 11 caps, national striker Javon East says he is anxious to add to his tally when they Reggae Boyz take on hosts Saudi Arabia in their back-to-back friendly international assignments this weekend. The matches...
Former champion Jockey Shane Ellis is expected to be out of the saddle for six weeks with a fractured collarbone, after falling from his mount during exercise last Saturday. Ellis told The Gleaner that the incident took place while he was galloping...
One-time Manchester United promise Ravel Morrison is one of four new call-ups to a national senior team that features five local-based players, with Jamaica set for a double date with Saudi Arabia on November 14 and 17. As the Reggae Boyz get ready...
Tivoli Gardens defender Jabeur Johnson has been charged after the shooting death of St Thomas-based businessman Dexter Rhoden in Leith Hall earlier this month. Head of the Constabulary Communications Unit, Senior Superintendent Stephanie...
Errol Thomas, the groom of WOW WOW, said his horse will be difficult to beat in Saturday’s 100th running of the Jamaica Derby, once his jockey Robert Halledeen rides a perfect race. The Jamaica Derby, which is the premier event on the racing...
After the postponement of competition because of the COVID-19 pandemic this year, organisers of the Social Development Commission (SDC) Community Twenty20 Cricket competition said it would be back to its usual start next year. Executive Director...
General Secretary of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Dalton Wint says that the members of the Reggae Boyz contingent to next month’s two friendly internationals against Saudi Arabia will be subjected to COVID-19 tests before their departure...
Netball Jamaica (NJ) is now sweating over the possibility that goal shooter Romelda Aiken may not be available for their upcoming three-Test series against England, if they fail to secure the necessary funds to pay for a required quarantine when...
President of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA), Howard Hamilton, said that despite the low number of the entries for next month’s Yearling Sale, there will still be a lot of top-quality horses in the exercise. The much-...
